Happy 78th Birthday to Buddy Guy! It’s been a year since he released Rhythm & Blues?
Originally posted on July 30, 2013……
Last year on his birthday Buddy Guy released he album Rhythm and Blues. Boy, could another year have flown by so quickly! (I must be having lots of fun because they keep flying by more quickly-right!) Yes it has and on this date in 1936, Buddy Guy was born. For those of you non-blues fans here some background on Buddy from Wikipedia:
James Rollins – Grant Blackwood – The Kill Switch – a Tucker Wayne and Kane thriller!!
I have been a fan of James Rollins since I read Map of Bones (Sigma #2) back in 2005. In addition to all the Sigma Force novels, except for the first one, I have read three of Rollins early stand alone novels and all are great! The thing that I like best about the Rollins novels is – the science, no it’s the action, no the political aspects….- the whole package!!! The Associated Press writes….
Exploring the Symphonic Prog of Germany’s Traumhaus – Ausgeliefert and Das Geheimnis!
So one of the things that I really like about Prog Rock is that the genre is global in nature, and the bands can virtually come from anywhere in the world!! Typically, most of the vocals are in English making it harder to pinpoint the homeland of the band. That is not a problem with Traumhaus, whose vocals are in their native language – German!! I discovered the band on progstreaming, where I saw their latest release Das Geheimnis (The Secret) I listened for a bit and then went to Spotify to find the album so that I could download it, to listen to it more fully. The album was not a Spotify, I did find though a just released album Ausgeleiffert. The album is a re-release of the band’s self-titled first album, which was released in 2001. The re-re-release includes some new cover art work and two bonus tracks “Die Reise” (The Journey) and Die Andere Seite (The Other Side).
Exploring the Crossover Prog Rock of Finland’s The Chant – New Haven!
Say “Happy Birthday, Gracie” – “Happy Birthday, Gracie” – It’s Gracie Allen’s Birthday – July 26,1895!!
So on this date in 1895, yes, you read that right,1895, one of the great comic actors of all time was born, Gracie Allen. From the time she began performing with her husband George Burns in vaudeville in 1922, until they finished production on their TV show in 1958, Americans loved the antics of Gracie. I have fond memories of the George Burns and Gracie Allen TV show. I remember watching it in the afternoon,so it must have been in the 60s when I was watching because the show ended its regular run in 1958, but reruns were shown on CBS in the daytime throughout the 60s.
Rediscovering the Books of Richard Hoyt – Fish Story leads to his new book Crow’s Mind!
The first year that I really started to make fairly detailed notes regarding the books that I read that year was 1988. Recording the exact dates that I read the books didn’t start until March for January and February the books are only listed by the months. The first book of the year was Richard Hoyt’s Fish Story. Fish Story is the fourth book in the John Denson series from Hoyt. From Goodreads…..
Thoughts Re:Tom Petty Billboard Interview, Huckabee's Vicious Dog Comment, and Gov. Deval Patrick's Compassion!
From The Hollywood Reporter
The other day I read a post about Tom Petty’s recent interview in Billboard. In the interview Petty spoke about the church, and sex abuse, which forms the controversial message behind his new song “Playing Dumb”. Petty related that the song addresses the way that the church sat idly by, while child after child was sexually assaulted by members of the clergy, essentially “playing dumb” while children were hurt! Some of Petty’s quotes from the interview include
Thoughts Re:Tom Petty Billboard Interview, Huckabee’s Vicious Dog Comment, and Gov. Deval Patrick’s Compassion!
From The Hollywood Reporter
The other day I read a post about Tom Petty’s recent interview in Billboard. In the interview Petty spoke about the church, and sex abuse, which forms the controversial message behind his new song “Playing Dumb”. Petty related that the song addresses the way that the church sat idly by, while child after child was sexually assaulted by members of the clergy, essentially “playing dumb” while children were hurt! Some of Petty’s quotes from the interview include
